Andrew Zydney, professor of chemical engineering, and Vijay Narayanan, professor of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering, have been conferred the status of distinguished professors in Penn State's College of Engineering, the highest professorial distinction in the college.

Patrick McDaniel, professor of computer science and engineering, and Aylin Yener, professor of electrical engineering, have been named fellows by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Four Penn State researchers have received a three-year, $850,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance time-to-completion of data- and compute-intensive bioinformatics workflows on supercomputers.

An interdisciplinary team lead by Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, professor of computer science and engineering, is developing computerized vision systems that can match -- and even surpass -- the capabilities of human vision.

George Slota, doctoral candidate in computer science and engineering at Penn State, is one of ten students from across the country selected to receive a Blue Waters Graduate Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year.

The winners of the fall Engineering Design Showcase were announced on Thursday at the Bryce Jordan Center. The event was the culmination of a semester-long effort by students to solve real-world problems posed by industry sponsors. Participants included first-year students through seniors across a number of engineering disciplines.